INTRACEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS AND HEMATOMA SECONDARY TO HIGH-VOLTAGE BRAIN INJURY

Authors
SURE U KLEIHUES P
Citation
U. Sure et P. Kleihues, INTRACEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS AND HEMATOMA SECONDARY TO HIGH-VOLTAGE BRAIN INJURY, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 42(6), 1997, pp. 1161-1164
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
42
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1161 - 1164
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
We report the case of a 19-year-old male who sustained an electrodynam ic (16.67 Hz) high-voltage (15,000 V) railway overhead cable injury. N e lost consciousness 30 minutes after contact and died secondary to br ainstem herniation as a result of intracerebral swelling within 8 days . Repeated cranial computed tomography revealed a huge hemispheric mas s bleeding accompanied by subarachnoidal hemorrhage. Additionally, nec ropsy showed an extensive thrombosis of the adjacent cerebral veins. T he pathophysiological mechanism of this unusual injury is discussed.